Austin (given name)

Austin is a given name and surname, an English language contraction of Augustine. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Albert Austin (1881–1953), British/American actor
• Alfred Austin (1835–1913), British poet
• Bernard Austin (Brooklyn) (c.1896–1959), New York assemblyman
• Bernard L. Austin (1902-1979), American admiral
• Bill Austin (1928–2013), American football player and coach
• Blake Austin (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
• Brett Austin (1959–1990), New Zealand swimmer
• Bunny Austin (1906–2000), British tennis player
• Charlie Austin (born 1989), English footballer
• Charles Austin (born 1967), American athlete
• Charles Austin (lawyer) (1799–1874), English lawyer
• Chase Austin (born 1989), American NASCAR racecar driver
• Dallas Austin (born 1970), American musician
• Darrell Austin (born 1951), American football offensive lineman
• Debi Austin (1950–2013), American anti-smoking advocate
• Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
• Ennis Raymond Austin, American architect
• Gene Austin (1900–1972), American singer
• Henry Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Herbert Austin (1866–1941), British founder of the Austin Motor Company
• Hubert Austin (1845–1915), British architect
• Isaiah Austin (born 1993), American basketball player
• J. L. Austin (John Langshaw Austin, 1911–1960), British philosopher
• Jake T. Austin (born 1994), American actor
• John Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Johntá Austin (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
• Kate Austin (1864–1902), American writer, feminist and anarchist
• Ken Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Kent Austin (born 1963), American football player and coach
• Lawrence Austin (born 1956), Australian boxer of the 1970s and '80s
• Lloyd Austin (born 1953), American general
• Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934), American writer
• Miles Austin (born 1984), American football player
• Ned Austin (1925–2007), American actor
• Peter Austin (1921–2014), British brewer
• Phil Austin (born 1941), American comedian and writer
• Richard Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Sarah Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Sherrié Austin (born 1970), Australian musician
• Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), American politician, founder of Texas
• Steve Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American wrestler and actor
• Tex Austin (1886–1938), American rodeo promoter
• Tracy Austin (born 1962), American tennis player
• Walter Austin (1936-2014), U.S. Navy Captain
• Warren Austin, American Ambassador to the United Nations
• William Austin (disambiguation), several people
• Woody Austin (born 1964), American golfer

Given name

• Austin Brunklacher (1898-1941), American football player
• Austin Butler (born 1991), American actor
• Austin Carr (born 1948), American basketball player
• Austin Clarke (disambiguation)
• Austin Collie (born 1985), Canadian-born American football player
• Austin Currie (born 1939), Irish politician
• Austin Dabney (c. 1765-1830), slave and militiaman in the American Revolutionary War
• Austin Farrer (1904–1968), English theologian, philosopher, and friend of C. S. Lewis
• Austin Healey (born 1973), English rugby union player
• Austin Idol, the ring name of American professional wrestler Dennis McCord (born 1949)
• Austin Johnson (born 1989), American football player
• Austin Mahone (born 1996), American singer-songwriter
• Austin Mitchell, UK Member of Parliament.
• Austin Nichols (born 1980), American actor
• Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956), English artist and magician
• Austin Rivers (born 1992) American NBA shooting guard/point guard for the New Orleans Pelicans
• Austin Stevens (born 1950), South African photographer
• [[Austin Wentworth] (born 1990), American football player

Fictional characters

• Steve Austin, in Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg and the television series The Six Million Dollar Man
• Austin Moon, in the television show Austin & Ally
• Austin Powers (character), created and portrayed by Mike Myers in films